Southern

SO · NYSE

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About SO

The Southern Co is a holding company, which engages in the generation and sale of electricity. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and currently employs 29,800 full-time employees. The firm owns three traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. The traditional electric operating companies-Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power-are operating public utility companies providing electric service to retail customers in three Southeastern states in addition to wholesale customers in the Southeast. The Southern Power Company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including battery energy storage projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. The Southern Company Gas is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in four states - Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, through the natural gas distribution utilities. Southern Company Gas is also involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas.

Employees
29,800
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Listed
Sep 30, 1949
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Electric Utilities

Leadership

Southern executives
NameTitleSince
Christopher Womack—2009
David Poroch——
Kimberly Greene——
James Kerr——
J. Jeffrey Peoples——
Peter Sena——
Anthony Wilson——
Stanley Connally——
Sloane Drake——
Martin Davis——
Bryan Anderson——
Christopher Cummiskey——
Sterling Spainhour——
Anthony Earley——
John Turner——
Janaki Akella——
Shantella Cooper——
James Etheredge——
David Grain——
Donald James——
John Johns——
Dale Klein——
David Meador——
William Smith——
Kristine Svinicki——
Lizanne Thomas——

Revenue by product and region

Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025: $29.55B total revenue

By product

  • Natural gas revenues$5.04B17.1%
  • Wholesale electric revenues$2.94B9.9%
  • Retail electric revenues$1.08B3.7%
  • Other electric revenues$953.00M3.2%
  • Other revenues$18.00M0.1%

Suppliers and customers

Price correlation is over one year: 1 means the stocks move together, -1 opposite

Southern suppliers and customers
CompanyRelationshipCorrelation
Entergy ETRCustomer0.95
WEC Energy Group WECCustomer0.93
Duke Energy DUKSupplier and customer0.89
Xcel Energy Inc. XELCustomer0.89
Sempra SRECustomer0.88
Southwest Gas Holdings SWXSupplier0.82
Chevron Corporation CVXCustomer0.81
Switch A SWCHSupplier0.81
Arch Resources, Inc. ARCHSupplier0.81
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-ACustomer0.80

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